In North Clare, near the Cliffs of Moher, lies the strangest landscape in Ireland. The Burren is a bare, hilly, area of about 100 square miles. It is devoid of trees and surface water which is unusual for Ireland. Many compare it to the surface of the moon. It...
County Clare is a peninsula on the grand scale, cut off on three of its four sides by Lough Derg, the Shannon estuary, and the Atlantic. It is linked with the rest of Munster by only half a dozen bridges, all of which are in...
The Lower Shannon As the mighty River Shannon tumbles down from Lough Derg, the last and largest of its lakes, to its deep estuary on the Atlantic coast, it provides a natural border for the three countries that surround its lower reaches – Limerick, Tipperary and...
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Leemaneh Castle is a well preserved buliding in the Burren , County Clare. The name means "Horses leap". http://www.discoverireland.com/gb/ireland-things-to-see-and-do/listings/product/?fid=FI_13108 It is a real hidden gem on any Ireland tours. The castle is a fifteenth century O'Brien stronghold , adjoining which is a four-storey building with mullioned and transomed...
On Ireland tours ? Want to see a hidden gem ? Then visit Caherconnell Stone Fort , Carron , Kilfenora , County Clare. Caherconnell Stone Fort , home of the Davoren family , was built about 1500 years ago. During a visit to Caherconnell you experience through audiovisual and...
On any tours of Ireland the Burren is a place full of wonder , beauty , and discovery. Aillwee Cave lets you explore the dramatic underworld of this area. Stroll through the beautiful caverns , over bridged chasms , under weird formations , and alongside the thunderous...
Built over 1000 years ago , and more than twice the size of the regular fort , Caherconnell is the only fort in The Burren scientifically excavated and developed for tourism. It is worth seeing on any tours of Ireland that take you to The Burren. It...
One of the four provinces of Ireland. You will certainly see something of the province on many Ireland tours. The province, which covers 9, 526 square miles, has a population of over 1 million. Munster consists of the counties Clare , Cork , Kerry , Limerick ,...
Maritime county in the south-west of Ireland in the province of Munster. Clare (1,332 square miles) has a population of 103,333. The county is surrounded by water; the Atlantic Ocean to its west; Lough Derg, the largest of the River Shannons lakes, on its east;...